1703.27
Foreign nonprofit corporations.

No foreign nonprofit corporation shall exercise its corporate
privileges in this state in a continual course of transactions until it has
first procured from the secretary of state a certificate authorizing it to do
so.

Before issuing such certificate, the secretary of state shall
require such foreign corporation to file in the secretary of state's office a
certificate of good standing or subsistence, setting forth the exact corporate
title, the date of incorporation, and the fact that the corporation is in good
standing or is a subsisting corporation, certified by the secretary of state,
or other proper official, of the state under the laws of which the corporation
was incorporated, and a statement, on a form prescribed by the secretary of
state, verified by the oath of one of its officers, setting forth, but not
limited to, the following:

(F)
The appointment of
a designated agent and the complete address of such agent;

(G)
Its irrevocable consent to service of
process on such agent so long as the authority of the agent continues and to
service of process upon the secretary of state in the events provided for in
section 1703.19 of the Revised Code.

For the filing of that statement, the secretary of state shall
charge and collect the fee specified in division (I)(1) of section
111.16 of the Revised Code.

A foreign nonprofit corporation shall file an amendment with
the secretary of state if there is a modification of any of the information
required to be included in its statement, except for changes in information
required by division (F) of this section, which shall be corrected in the same
manner as described in section
1702.06 of the Revised Code. For
the filing of those amendments and corrections, the secretary of state shall
charge and collect the fee specified in division (B) or (R) of section
111.16 of the Revised Code.

Sections
1703.01 to
1703.31 of the Revised Code,
governing foreign corporations for profit in respect to exemption from
attachment, change of location of principal office, change of its designated
agent or of the designated agent's address, service on the secretary of state,
license certificate as prima-facie evidence, proof of due incorporation, filing
of amendments evidencing changes of corporate name, merger, or consolidation,
filing of certificate of surrender, service on retired corporation, and
penalties or forfeitures for transacting business without license, for false
reports, and for failure to comply with other applicable provisions of such
sections, shall also apply to foreign nonprofit corporations.

The secretary of state may require further reports,
certificates, or information from a foreign nonprofit corporation, including
verification of the continued existence of the corporation. Upon the failure of
any corporation to provide the information, the secretary of state shall give
notice of the failure by certified mail and, if the report is not filed within
thirty days after the mailing of the notice, the license of the corporation to
exercise its corporate privileges in this state shall expire and the secretary
of state shall make a notation to that effect on the secretary of state's
records.